Anton Kernjak

Anton Kernjak comes from an Austrian family with Slovenian background. He studied at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg and later attended concert classes with Rudolf Buchbinder at the Basel Conservatory. He was greatly influenced by his studies with Ferenc Rados and by master classes with Kurtág. He has received several awards and was a prize winner at the international Johannes Brahms piano competition in Austria. His chamber music partners include Heinz Holliger, Anita Leuzinger, Thomas Demenga, Hanna Weinmeister, Muriel Cantoreggi, Geneviève Strosser and Silvia Simionescu.